Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > Gregory P. Ennis wrote: >> Gregory P. Ennis wrote: >>> >>> I am trying to install a Centos 6.0 system on a SuperMicro with an LSI >>> MegaRaid SCSI 320-2 controller. >>> >>> I had originally tried to install 6.4, but the 6.4 install DVD does not >>> boot with this configuration. >>> See : http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=5377 >> >> I don't think you understand how to use it. First, BEFORE YOU TRY TO >> INSTALL, use the firmware option while it's getting up - I think it's >> <ctrl-R>, and create a logical drive, whatever RAID level you want, with >> spares if it's not just RAID 1. Tell it to initialize (you can do a >> quick >> initialize). Then exit that, and it'll reboot, and Linux will see it >> presented by the controller as one physical drive, and it should be >> happy. >> >> Thank you for your response. You are correct in that I may not >> understand how to configure the LSI, but I had some help that was very >> familiar with the LSI controller, but not familiar with Linux. >> >> Actually the configuration key is <ctrl-M> or <ctrl-H>, and we did >> create a RAID Level 1; we also did an initialization that resulted in a >> 100% a consistency check. >> >> After this, I expected to be able to start the 6.0 install, but when the >> install disc got to the point of evaluating the hard discs it did not >> find any, and gave me a prompt screen allowing me to select a driver >> from a list, or add a driver via a floppy disc. There were (maybe four) >> LSI drivers in their list, and I tried all of them without success. >> >> Thanks again, any other ideas ?????? > > If it's any help, some googling suggests that the 320 is what Dell > rebranded as a PERC 4. It's kind of possible that there are 32-bit drivers > for it - it does seem to be an old controller, though. > > The firmware for the controller *is* presenting one logical drive, > correct? > > I also found this: > <http://www.lsi.com/support/Pages/download-search.aspx>, so you might > mouse around and see what you can find. I see it's on that page under > legacy storage, btw. > > > Thanks for your help. I will take a look. I was wondering if I may > need to get a more recent controller? Depends on your budget. If software raid works for you, Linux's own md works very nicely. DON'T USE the Intel fakeraid. More money: a Dell PERC 6 or 7 - they're also rebranded LSI's, and work fine, and we use CentOS 5 and 6 almost exclusively, and have had no trouble. mark